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John Mortimer
Oct 21^st, 2017 at 1:44pm

Best known for his humorous series Rumpole of the Bailey, turned into a hugely successful TV series with Australia's own Leo McKern in the title role.

Here's a riotously funny speech he gave, where or when I don't know, about his family background in the law & so on.
It's about an hour long. I can't link it but this is where you'll find it if you are interested - it is very very funny:

radioechoes.com/series/Rumpole Collection/John Mortimers Life Love And The Law

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Reply #1 - Oct 28^th, 2017 at 1:28pm

One of the anecdotes concerns Lord Arran, who was responsible for the passing of two major bills through the House of Lords - the Buggers Bill (as he calls it, really the Sexual Offences Bill) and the Preservation of Wildlife Bill.

He never could understand why, when the Buggers Bill was debated, the place was packed, you couldn't get in the Visitors Gallery, hanging from the chandeliers etc. But when the Bill came up about saving the badgers, there was about three people there.

A friend explained it to him in his old age. "My Lord, have you ever thought how many badgers there are in the House of Lords?"

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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: John Mortimer Reply #2 - Oct 28^th, 2017 at 1:32pm Mortimer wrote a number of best sellers apart from Rumpole of course. "Paradise Postponed" and "Titmuss Regained" were a saga about life, politics & change in England in the period 1950-80. They were also turned into successful TV series.
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